RAYMOND CHANDLER: Scene Writer

[NOIRTRASH]

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I cant name of any better.

 

[HeyAll]

I just watched that movie Double Idemnity tonight. Great stuff.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

I just watched that movie Double Idemnity tonight. Great stuff.

Yep, but Cain's early efforts suck. I suggest his last book, THE COCKTAIL WAITRESS.

 

[visioneer]

Raymond Chandler is among the very best. He can tell you everything you would ever want to know about a character in one or two sentences...

“From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.” The High Window

“It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.” Farewell, My Lovely

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Raymond Chandler is among the very best. He can tell you everything you would ever want to know about a character in one or two sentences...

“From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.” The High Window

“It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.” Farewell, My Lovely

Chandler is where to learn scenes and characters

 

[jomar]

Depends on what you're shooting for. I'm all for creating much with a few words...Raymond Carver (and editor) was brilliant at it. As are many including Elmore Leonard and Robert Parker and they might even say they studied Chandler.

On the other hand, I've mentioned my frustration with Michener's wordiness before, but he's a successful author. And I just finished a book by NYT bestselling author Chirstopher Golden...a supernatural thriller that lacked tension and took too long to describe surroundings, but it's in hardback so...

But I get you admire hardboiled, stripped down noir. So Chandler's a good guide.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Depends on what you're shooting for. I'm all for creating much with a few words...Raymond Carver (and editor) was brilliant at it. As are many including Elmore Leonard and Robert Parker and they might even say they studied Chandler.

On the other hand, I've mentioned my frustration with Michener's wordiness before, but he's a successful author. And I just finished a book by NYT bestselling author Chirstopher Golden...a supernatural thriller that lacked tension and took too long to describe surroundings, but it's in hardback so...

But I get you admire hardboiled, stripped down noir. So Chandler's a good guide.

Chandler is not stripped down anything. He inventoried everything in a scene or about a character. He simply didn't do insignificant action. He told the reader everything about a Swiss watch, but how to make it.